Marking or pin tag.



PATENTED JUNE 25,, 1907. L. N. BISHOP 6: L. MA PES.

MARKING 0R PIN TAG.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS N. BISHOP, or DAYTON, KENTUCKY, AND LOUIS MAPES, OF OINCTN- NATI, OHIO, ASSIGNORS 0F ONE-FOURTH To JOHN s. STORES, or FORT THoMAs, KENTUCKY, AND ONE-FOURTH To w. E. NORTH, or CINCIN- NATI, orno.

MARKING OR PIN TAG- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, LoUIs N. BIsI-IoP, residing at Dayton, in the county of Campbell and State of Kentucky, and LoUIs MAPES, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, citizens of the United States, have invented new and useful Improvements in Marking or Pin Tags, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to marking or pin tags for application to dry goods generally but particularly useful with lengths of cloth and other merchandise to designate various qualities, quantities, cost, selling price and other information.

The improved marking or pin tag embodies particular means to cover or shield the point of the attaching pin, the latter being so disposed as to render application or disconnection of the tag convenient.

The object of the invention is to prevent injury to the fingers of those handling goods bearing marking tags and at the same time render the attachment of the tag positive and sufficiently strong to resist accidental detachment at such times when it is desired to maintain the application, of the markingtag.

In the drawings, Figure: 1 is a plan view of the tag looking toward the inner side thereof and as it appears before folding the protective member. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1 looking toward the opposite side of the tag. Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the tag shown applied and the protective member or tongue folded. Fig. 4: is a longitudinal vertical section through the tag as shown arranged by Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of the tag. Fig. 6 is an edge elevation of the tag shown by Fig. 5 with the protective member or tongue shown folded. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the tag showing the use of two hooks and shanks applied similarly to the single hook and shank. Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 7, showing a still further modification and illustrating two hooks with continuous shanks or formed by looping the w1re. 1

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The numeral 1 designates the body of the tag which may be of any suitable dimensions prices and other matter that may be desired.

Projecting from, and preferably continuous with one end of the body is a foldable member or tongue 2-, which has such dimensions that it will extend over and shield the point of the pin exposed at the inner side of the tag, and which will be presently set forth.

The pin for attaching the tag has an elongated shank 3, which extends across the line of fold between the body 1 and the member or tongue 2 and partially over the latter. At a point adjacent to the exposed portion of the pin the shank is deflected laterally, as at 4, and then is bent to form a hook 5 with a pointed or pin extremity 6. The shank 3 and all of the hook except the member 6 are inclosed by a covering 7 of thin material applied to the back of the tag, and the pin member 6 of the hook projects upwardly over the inner or rear side of the tag. i

The tag shown by Figs. 5 and 6 is in all respects similar to that illustrated by Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, with the exception that the pin member 6 of the hook 5 has a central depression 8, which brings the pointed end of said pin member closer to the tag.

The essential features of the tag are first to have the folding member or tongue 2 of such extent as to cover the pointed end of the pin member 6 and to project the shank 3 of the pin over the line of fold of the member or tongue 2 to reinforce the latter and render the same more durable and less liable to breakage. The advantage of deflecting the shank 3 adjacent to the hook 5 is that the pin member 6 will be more readily accessible and suflicient space provided for the thickness of cloth between the pin and the adjacent side of the body of the tag without requiring an unnecessary springing action or strain imposed upon the said pin member 6.

The mode of applying the pin to the rear or inner side of the tag by means of a thin strip of material or covering 7 materially reduces the cost of manufacture, and the deflection 4 is also an important feature in the application of the pin to the tag, as it assists in holding the pin in positive position and obstructs any loose movement of the in after it is secured by the covering 7. he extent of the deflection may be modified, and in fact, the general pro ortions of the shank and its hook may be c anged in accordance with the change of dimensions of the tag.

As particularly shown by Fig.3, thepoint of the pin, when the member or tongue 2 is folded, is fully shielded or covered, and salesmen or others handling goods bearing the improved marking tags will not be subject to injury nor will the points of the pins attach to lengths or bolts of cloth adjacent to others having the tag applied thereto.

The tag may be repeatedly used, and in more expensive varieties may embody the usual surface from which erasures can readily be made.

A still further advantage derived from extending the shank of the hook over the line of fold between the body 1 and tongue 2 is that the tongue is maintained in folded position by the shank and prevented from having loose movement.

Fig. 7 shows a similar form of tag carrying two hooks 5 with pointed or pin extremities 6" and inde endent shanks 3*, having lateral bends 41* ad acent to the hooks.

Fig. 8 illustrates a further modification with the shanks 3 integrally formed through the medium of a loop or bend 3, independent hooks 5 with pointed extremities 6 being .continuous with the shank and the latter having lower deflectors or bends 4 Both modifications shown by Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate dual hook structures and the points of the hooks when used to attach the tag are completely covered or shielded by the fold-.

able member of said tag. These modifications with the preceding figures of the drawings indicate that one or more hook devices may be applied to the tag.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A marking or pin tag having an attaching pin held exclusively against the inner portion thereof and formed with a pointed hook which normally projects outwardly from the said inner side of the tag, and a folding member to cover the pointed end of the hook, a portion of the pin also projecting over the said member.

2. A marking or pin tag having a body, an attaching pin extending longitudinally over and held against the inner side of the body and having a fixed hook terminal projecting outwardly from theinner side of the body, a folding member carried by the body adapted to cover the pointed end of the hook and engaged by a portion of the pin, and a covering applied over a portion of the pin to secure it in place, the hook terminal being preserved in its original shape when the tag is applied.

3. A marking or pin tag having a body, a pin applied to and extending longitudinally over the inner side thereof and provided with a fixed hook terminal and a deflection adjacent to said terminal, the hook terminal projecting outwardly from the inner side of the body and. remaining in its original shape when the tag is applied, and a body having a folding member to cover the pointed end of the hook terminal, and means secured to the body over a portion of the pin and the deflection to hold the said pin in fixed position.

4. A marking or pin tag having a body and a folding member at one extremity, and a pin applied to the inner side of the body and having a shank extending over the member and the line of fold of the latter and a hook extremity which normally stands outwardly from the side of the tag to which it is applied, the said hook extremity being covered. by the folding member of the tag when the latter is in use.

5. A marking or pin tag having a body with a folding member at one extremity, and a pin having a shank applied to the inner 01' rear side of the body and extending across the line of fold between the body and the said member, the attaching extremity of the pin normally standing outwardly from the body of the tag.

6. A marking tag having a body with a folding member at one extremity and an attaching means having a portion thereof projecting over the line of fold between the body and the member and another portion for securing the tag in applied position normally standing outwardly from the body of the tag.

7. A marking or pin tag having a body with afolding member at one extremity, and a pin extremity held against the inner side of the body of the tag and projecting toward the folding member and normally standing outwardly from the body of the tag, the folding member'covering the point of the pin. extremity when folde 8. A marking or pin tag having a body, an attaching pin applied to the inner side of the body and provided with a pointed hooked terminal normally projecting outwardly from the said inner side of the body and also having a shank secured to and )rojecting longitudinally over the latter, the hooked terminal remaining in its original shape when the tag is applied and a portion of the shank do flected laterally adjacent to said hooked terminal, and a covering applied over the shank, deflected part of the latter and a portion of the hooked terminal, one extremity of the tag being bendable over the pointed. end of the hooked terminal to shield the latter.

9. A marking or pin tag having a body with a folding tongue at one extremity, and hooked pins normally projecting outwardly from the body and having shanks projected over the latter and the fold line of the tongue.

10. A marking or pin tag having a body and a folding tongue at one extremity, and

securing means normally projected outwardly from one side of the tag body and which is partially covered by the tongue when the latter is turned over the body, the body and tongue also having means extending across the line of fold between said parts to maintain the tongue in positive applied position.

11. A marking or pin tag, having a body with a foldable tongue at one extremity, the body of the tag having a securin pin carried thereby and normally projecte outwardly from one side thereof, said securing pin having its point covered by the tongue when the latter is folded, and a reinforcing bendable means extending across the line of fold between the tongue and body to hold the tongue against loose movement when folded or bent over the body.

12. A marking or pin tag, comprising a body and a folding member, an attaching means extending over the line of fold betweenthe body and folding member having a portion thereof extending outwardly from the body, and means for securing the attaching means to said body.

13. A marking or pin tag, comprising a body and a folding member at one extremity thereof, a pin extremity held against the inner side of the body projecting toward the folding member and normally standing outwardly from said body, the folding member covering the point of the pin extremity when folded, and means engaging the line of fold between the body and member to maintain the folding member in folded position.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS-;N. BISHOP. LOUIS MAPES.

Witnesses:

FRED G. MOHR, EDWIN W. KEMPER. 

